SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Based on the technical problem that the electronic monitoring equipment who has the satellite communication function now seriously leads to can not satisfying the container trade requirement because of the consumption is extravagant, the embodiment of the utility model provides a be applied to the interconnected satellite terminal of container transportation control to and provide a container transportation monitored control system, it is extravagant to reduce the consumption that has the electronic monitoring equipment of satellite communication function.
The embodiment of the utility model provides a technical scheme as follows:
an interconnected satellite terminal applied to container transportation monitoring comprises a main control module, a mobile communication module and a satellite communication module, wherein the mobile communication module and the satellite communication module are respectively and electrically connected with the main control module, the mobile communication module is used for connecting a mobile network, and the satellite communication module is used for connecting a satellite network; the main control module is used for controlling whether the mobile communication module and the satellite communication module are started or not; the mobile communication module is preferentially started to communicate with the monitoring platform through the mobile network, and the satellite communication module is switched to start to communicate with the monitoring platform through the satellite network after the mobile communication module loses the mobile network.
In a further exemplary embodiment, the mobile communication module comprises a mobile antenna and the satellite communication module comprises a satellite antenna, the mobile antenna and/or the satellite antenna having at least one contact, which in the operating state is in contact with the container body of the container.
In another exemplary embodiment, the interconnected satellite terminal further includes a housing, and the mobile antenna and/or the satellite antenna are disposed on an inner wall of the housing.
In another exemplary embodiment, the interconnected satellite terminal further includes a positioning module, and the positioning module is electrically connected to the main control module and is configured to obtain a real-time position of the interconnected satellite terminal.
In another exemplary embodiment, the interconnected satellite terminal further includes a power module, the power module includes a terminal power source and a power management module electrically connected to each other, and the power management module is configured to convert the terminal power source into a primary power source and a secondary power source, and to transmit the primary power source to the mobile communication module and the secondary power source to the main control module.
In another exemplary embodiment, the secondary power is converted by the power management module for the primary power.
In another exemplary embodiment, the power module further includes a solar charging unit electrically connected to the terminal power supply, and the solar charging unit is configured to charge the terminal power supply.
In another exemplary embodiment, the terminal power supply is a dc power supply, the output voltage of the terminal power supply is higher than the output voltage of the primary power supply, and the output voltage of the primary power supply is higher than the output voltage of the secondary power supply.
In another exemplary embodiment, the interconnected satellite terminal further comprises a sensor module electrically connected to the main control module, wherein the sensor module comprises at least one of an acceleration sensor, an ultrasonic sensor and a temperature sensor.
A container transportation monitoring system comprises a container, a monitoring platform and the interconnection satellite terminal of any one of the previous exemplary embodiments, wherein the interconnection satellite terminal is installed on the container and communicates with the monitoring platform through a mobile network or a satellite network so as to report the transportation information of the container to the monitoring platform; and the monitoring platform monitors the transportation state of the container according to the transportation information reported by the interconnected satellite terminal.
Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the utility model has following beneficial effect:
in the technical scheme, the electronic monitoring equipment with the satellite communication function is an interconnected satellite terminal applied to container transportation monitoring, the interconnected satellite terminal is provided with a satellite communication module and a mobile communication module at the same time, the main control module preferentially starts the mobile communication module to communicate with the monitoring platform through a mobile network, and the satellite communication module is switched to start to communicate with the monitoring platform again through the satellite network only after the mobile network is lost, so that the working time of the satellite communication module is reduced, the power consumption waste of the interconnected satellite terminal is reduced, and the service life of the interconnected satellite terminal meets the requirements of the container industry.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention as claimed.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the invention, as detailed in the appended claims.
It is to be noted that, the "plurality" mentioned herein means two or more. "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a container traffic monitoring system according to an exemplary embodiment, which includes a container 200, a monitoring platform 300, and an interconnected satellite terminal 100 for container traffic monitoring.
In which an inter-satellite terminal 100 (hereinafter, referred to as an inter-satellite terminal 100) applied to container transportation monitoring is mounted on a container 200, for example, on a door of the container 200, so as to monitor whether the door of the container 200 is opened during transportation, or is mounted at any other position on the container 200, which is not limited herein.
The internet satellite terminal 100 has a function of connecting with a mobile network or a satellite network, and the monitoring platform 300 is also connected with the mobile network or the satellite network, so that data interaction between the internet satellite terminal 100 and the monitoring platform 300 can be performed through the connected mobile network or the satellite network. For example, the Mobile network may be a GSM (global system for Mobile Communications) network, a CDMA (Code division multiple Access) network, a 2G/3G/4G/5G network, or the like, and the satellite network may be an ORBCOMM low-orbit satellite network, or the like.
In the transportation process of the container 200, the interconnected satellite terminal 100 transports along with the container 200, so that the transportation information of the interconnected satellite terminal 100 corresponds to the container 200, and the transportation information of the interconnected satellite terminal 100 is reported to the monitoring platform 300 as the transportation information of the container 200, so that the monitoring platform 300 monitors the transportation state of the container 200 according to the transportation information reported by the interconnected satellite terminal 100. The monitoring platform 300 may also issue an alarm to alert the relevant personnel to review or otherwise process if container 200 transport is monitored as abnormal. The transportation information of the interconnected satellite terminal 100 may include geographic position, moving direction, moving speed, temperature, and the like.
It should be noted that in this embodiment, the monitoring platform 300 may be an individual server, or may be a server cluster formed by a plurality of servers, and a terminal device such as a smart phone or a computer may check the transportation state information of the container 200 in real time by accessing the monitoring platform 300.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an interconnected satellite terminal for monitoring container transportation according to an exemplary embodiment. As described above, in the operating state, the interconnected satellite terminal is installed on the container and is transported along with the container, and the monitoring platform matched with the communication connection monitors the transportation state of the container.
As shown in fig. 2, in an exemplary embodiment, the interconnected satellite terminal (hereinafter referred to as interconnected satellite terminal) for monitoring container transportation includes a main control module 101, a mobile communication module 102, a satellite communication module 103, a positioning module 104, a power supply module 105, and a sensor module 106.
The mobile communication module 102 is electrically connected to the main control module 101, and is configured to connect to a mobile network, and communicate with the monitoring platform through the mobile network, so as to implement data interaction between the interconnected satellite terminal and the monitoring platform. The mobile communication module 102 may be any one of a GSM communication module, a CDMA communication module, and a 2G/3G/4G/5G communication module, which is not limited herein.
In one embodiment, the mobile communication module 102 employs an M35 module, which is a high-performance 2G communication module supporting communication connection in the 850/900/1800/1900MHz frequency band. Referring to fig. 3, it can be seen that the M35 module needs to use 3.8V of operating voltage in an operating state.
The satellite communication module 103 is also electrically connected to the main control module 101, and is used for connecting to a satellite network and implementing data interaction between the interconnected satellite terminals and the monitoring platform through the satellite network.
In one embodiment, the satellite communication module 103 is an ORBCOMM satellite communication module that can send data to the network platform via ORBCOMM low-earth orbit satellites and perform near real-time two-way communication with the network platform. The module is an independent VHF (Very high frequency, which means radio waves with a frequency band of 30MHz-300 MHz) module, and comprises an independent processor, a baseband chip for processing transmitting and receiving signals, a 3-axis acceleration module and other hardware. Referring to fig. 4, it can be seen that the module needs to use two power supplies, namely, 12V power supply and 3.3V power supply, where the 12V power supply is used for its rf link, and the 3.3V power supply is used for its I/O port (i.e., a port where the module exchanges data with the main control module 101).
In order to reduce the power consumption waste of the interconnected satellite terminal and increase the service life of the interconnected satellite terminal, the main control module 101 preferentially starts the mobile communication module 102 to communicate with the monitoring platform through the mobile network, and switches to start the satellite communication module 103 after the mobile communication module 102 loses the mobile network, so that the satellite communication module 103 communicates with the monitoring platform through the satellite network.
The power consumption of the process that the interconnected satellite terminal communicates with the monitoring platform through the mobile communication module 102 is low, so that the satellite communication module 103 is switched on only after the mobile communication module 102 loses a mobile network, the working time of the satellite communication module 103 is effectively reduced, the power consumption waste of the interconnected satellite terminal is reduced, the service life of the interconnected satellite is prolonged, and the service life of the interconnected satellite terminal meets the requirements of the container industry.
In a specific application scenario, a mobile network cannot be searched only in remote areas, such as areas with high speed, gobi, and the sea, and a common area is covered by the mobile network, so that the time for the interconnected satellite terminal to start the satellite communication module 103 is not long, and the power consumption waste of the interconnected satellite terminal is greatly reduced.
The main control module 101 specifically adopts a main control chip to perform coordination control on each function module of the interconnected satellite terminal, so as to ensure the overall performance of the interconnected satellite terminal.
In one embodiment, the main control module 101 adopts an STM32L151 single chip microcomputer, which provides multiple low power consumption modes, namely, a low power consumption operation mode, a sleep mode, a low power consumption sleep mode, a stop mode and a standby mode, so that the power consumption of the interconnected satellite terminal can be further reduced by controlling the low power consumption mode of the main control module 101, and the service life of the interconnected satellite terminal can be fully ensured. For an example, please refer to fig. 5 for the design of the hardware circuit of the single chip.
The mobile communication module 102 further includes a mobile antenna, and the satellite communication module 103 further includes a satellite antenna, and in one embodiment, the mobile antenna and/or the satellite antenna are disposed on an inner wall of a housing of the interconnected satellite terminal, so as to ensure that the mobile antenna and/or the satellite antenna have a good transceiving effect.
The mobile antenna and/or the satellite antenna are/is provided with at least one contact, so that the contact is in contact with the container body of the container in the working state of the interconnected satellite terminal, the mobile antenna and/or the satellite antenna are/is fully grounded, the mobile antenna and/or the satellite antenna are/is integrated with the container body of the container, and the transceiving effect of the mobile antenna and/or the satellite antenna is further enhanced.
For example, the mobile antenna and/or the satellite antenna may be a small microstrip antenna, where the microstrip antenna is an antenna formed by attaching a thin metal layer as a ground plate to a thin dielectric substrate, forming a metal patch in a certain shape by photolithography and etching on the other surface, and feeding the patch with a microstrip line or a coaxial probe, and the bottom of the microstrip antenna has two contacts contacting with the container body of the container.
The positioning module 104 is also electrically connected to the main control module 101 for acquiring the real-time position of the interconnected satellite terminals. The positioning module 104 may be any one of a GSP positioning module and a beidou positioning module, and may also be provided with the GSP positioning module or the beidou positioning module at the same time, so as to implement a dual-mode positioning function, thereby determining accurate positioning of the interconnected satellite terminal according to respective geographic positions acquired by the GSP positioning module and the beidou positioning module. GSP orientation module includes GPS positioning antenna, and big dipper orientation module includes big dipper positioning antenna, and mobile antenna and satellite antenna can be referred to GPS positioning antenna and big dipper positioning antenna's the mode of setting up.
The power module 105 includes a terminal power source and a power management unit that are electrically connected. The terminal power supply is used for supplying power to the interconnected satellite terminal, for example, the terminal power supply can be a large-capacity direct-current voltage source, so that the working time of the interconnected satellite terminal can meet the regulations of the container industry. The power management module is used for converting a terminal power supply into a primary power supply and a secondary power supply, transmitting the primary power supply to the mobile communication module 102, and transmitting the secondary power supply to the main control module 101, wherein output voltages of the primary power supply and the secondary power supply are respectively adapted to the mobile communication module 102 and the main control module 101.
In one embodiment, the output voltage of the terminal power supply is higher than the output voltage of the primary power supply, and the output voltage of the primary power supply is higher than the output voltage of the secondary power supply, for example, the terminal power supply is specifically a 12V lithium battery, the primary voltage adapted to the mobile communication module 103 is 3.8V, and the secondary voltage adapted to the main control module 101 is 3.3V, so that the output voltage of the terminal power supply needs to be converted.
For example, the terminal power supply may be regulated in a linear regulation manner or a switching regulation manner to regulate the output voltage of the terminal power supply to a smaller voltage value. The linear voltage stabilization mode is to perform negative feedback on the output voltage acquired in real time to enable the voltage signal to pass through a circuit composed of an error amplifier and the like to adjust the dynamic resistance and the voltage drop of an output tube, so that the purpose of voltage stabilization is achieved. As shown in (6a) of fig. 6, when the output voltage drops due to a load, the feedback signal controls the resistance of the output tube to decrease, and the tube voltage drop decreases, so that the voltage changes are balanced and the output voltage is substantially stabilized.
The switching voltage stabilization method mainly includes two methods of width modulation and frequency modulation, wherein the adjustment principle of the frequency modulation type switching voltage stabilization is shown as (6b) in fig. 6, and for a unipolar rectangular pulse, the direct current average voltage U thereof0Dependent on the maximum pulse voltage UmAnd pulse duty cycle T1The DC average voltage U can be obtained by the following formula0:
Wherein, T1Denotes the pulse width, T denotes the pulse period, if UmD.c. average voltage U with constant sum T0And T1In proportion, the adjustment conduction time of the adjusting tube is controlled by introducing voltage negative feedback, so that the pulse width is narrowed along with the increase of the output voltage or widened along with the decrease of the output voltage, and the fluctuation can be mutually offset to ensure that the output voltage is basically stable.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 7 and 8, a 12V dc voltage source is regulated to 3.8V by using a switching regulator BM2596 to obtain a primary power, which is transmitted to the mobile communication module 102 to ensure the normal operation of the mobile communication module 102, and is converted into a 3.3V secondary power by using an LT1764A chip and transmitted to the main control module 101 to supply power to the main control module 101 and other functional modules electrically connected to the main control module 101.
The BM2596 chip has 3A (ampere) current capacity and high conversion efficiency. The LT1764A chip is a low-noise linear voltage-stabilizing chip, can realize quick transient response, can provide the current output capability of 3A and the lower full-load differential pressure of 340mV, only needs 1mA for working quiescent current, and has lower power consumption because the current is lower than 1uA in the shutdown mode.
In another exemplary embodiment, the power module 105 further includes a solar charging unit electrically connected to the terminal power source, and the solar charging unit is configured to convert light energy into electric energy in the presence of light, so as to transmit the converted electric energy to the terminal power source to charge the terminal power source, so that the interconnected satellite terminal can continuously supplement electric energy during transportation, and the working duration of the interconnected satellite terminal is greatly prolonged.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, a 16V solar dispensing plate (a solar cell panel packaged by laser cutting a solar cell into small pieces, making required voltage and current, and packaging) may be used to implement the solar charging unit in cooperation with the AX3722 charging chip, wherein the working current of the solar dispensing plate is about 340mA, and the AX3722 charging chip may implement maximum power point tracking of the photovoltaic cell by using a switching buck mode, so as to keep the product of the output voltage and the charging current to be maximized to fully utilize solar energy.
The sensor module 106 includes several sensors, which may include at least one of an acceleration sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, and a temperature sensor, for example. In one embodiment, the sensors may be connected to the main control module 101 through an expansion interface of the main control module 101.
The sensor module 106 is configured to detect transportation information of the interconnected satellite terminal, so as to obtain transportation information of the container during transportation, for example, detect whether the interconnected satellite terminal is violently collided during transportation by using an acceleration sensor, detect whether a shelter blocking the satellite antenna or the mobile antenna searching network exists around the container by using an ultrasonic sensor, detect an ambient temperature outside the container by using a temperature sensor, or detect a temperature on a surface of a container body of the container. By sending the transportation information detected by the sensor module 106 to the monitoring platform, the monitoring platform can monitor the transportation state of the container according to the received transportation information.
In summary, the interconnected satellite terminal for monitoring container transportation provided by this embodiment preferentially uses the mobile communication module 102 to perform data interaction with the monitoring platform, and switches to start the satellite communication module 103 to re-communicate with the monitoring platform after the mobile communication module 102 loses the mobile network, so that the monitoring platform is ensured not to lose transportation monitoring of the container, and the working power consumption is reduced. And through the arrangement of the solar charging unit, the interconnected satellite terminal can continuously supplement electric energy in the transportation process along with the container, the service life of the interconnected satellite terminal is further ensured not to be influenced by the power supply capacity, and the service life of the interconnected satellite terminal is ensured to meet the requirements of the container industry.
The above description is only for the preferred exemplary embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can easily make various changes and modifications according to the main concept and spirit of the present invention, so the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the protection scope claimed in the claims.